These were the gathering clouds just before supper. By now the sky looks greyer, in anticipation of the four days of rain that's predicted to begin this evening.
What incredible weather we've had, though, for the past several days! Cool enough for a good sleep overnight, then warming up to about 25C without any hint of humidity. I've been set up out on the deck for the whole day several days in a row. September really has begun with a last dance of summer that invites me to be fully present in these moments.
Likely, it will still be raining in the morning, so the kayak is turned over for now. Probably good for me to take a rest day anyways. The fabulous mornings have had me out so many days in a row that I'm actually almost caught up to my 28 times around last year...right now I'm at 26. Slow start this summer, as I wrote about before. But all the August conditions were much more favourable. Got me some decent callouses too.
And maybe, who knows, maybe Ken and I can put aside some work and break into a game of Super Scrabble. And if you don't know what that is, I won't be surprised. We are, after all, fairly well entrenched in the nerd category when it comes to the Scrabble thing. Super Scrabble, like a rainy day game of Monopoly, is something of a commitment, not to be rushed, and requires a table or a surface that you can completely take over for a good portion of the day.
There is a bit of a concern, though, that with the rain comes loss of connection. Just part of the deal of having our internet hooked up to a satellite dish, and the interference factor when it rains hard. We both have the need for either Zoom or email for a bit of the day, so hopefully...
It will be a back and forth thing for us starting Friday. September will have us here some and there some, since life in the city ramps up, even as summer lingers over Georgian Bay. We'll see. This is our first 'true' here/there summer since the big move last year. This is the year where we have put into play the plan of living in our small house for the winter, and up here for as much of the spring, summer and fall we can get away with.
Honestly, I've barely been in KW since June 4 when we first arrived; five days in June, overnight once in July, then four days just before and then over the August Civic Holiday weekend. And that's it for me. Ten days in the last 90 or so. Ken did the trip more often, mostly for work related errands that needed his actual person. But generally, we been away for a fair chunk of time.
I think the plan is working.
We were away longer last year. That was different. And yet. While I revel in the flat water and deer sightings and the sun's rising and setting glories, and even though there've been plenty of Zoom connects with friends, and actual time here with family, I am by now feeling that sense of disconnect.
It never gets boring, this. This careful balance of introversion and community. No matter how much I am away, I want to be with, even though I also love the away. And no matter how badly I need to have enough time alone, I also very badly need my peeps. Does that make sense?
I hope so, even if just a little bit.
And oh, I am so, so, so looking forward to worshiping at Highview on Sunday! And that's the plan. Back in the city every weekend from now on.
Cottage closing date? Yet to be determined.
Because...have I mentioned how quiet it is here in the fall?
